Today's topic: We should not forget the power of unity

3:27 AM,
Sep. 11, 2013

Ken Melkus

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Ken Melkus

On Sept. 11, 2001, Mario Gabelli, internationally known CEO and chief investment officer of the global asset management firm that bears his name, boarded a plane at New York's LaGuardia Airport to travel to Nashville to speak to a gathering of members of United Way of Metropolitan Nashville's Tocqueville Society, Alpha Chapter, the largest philanthropic society in the world.

Little did he know that he would be departing on the last flight out of New York City that day. Though he and his family were deeply touched by the tragic events that unfolded, he was determined to follow through with the ...